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Can You Discern the Difference Between New and Vintage?

CasaSugar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:37 -0700

Can you tell which wingback chair is an antique, and which is currently for sale in your favorite shop? Do you have an eye for discerning the difference between a real midcentury lamp and its modern update? Put your design savvy to the test with my new game, Old or New Design.
I've handpicked some tricky home accents and furniture pieces that could be either antiques or current on-the-market products. See if you can figure out the difference. It's harder than it looks! Take the challenge now.

Guess Who?

CasaSugar — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:46 -0700

The owner of this San Francisco mansion is a guitarist for a famous metal band that was featured in a documentary. Can you name the guitarist or the band?

Happy Halloween!

CasaSugar — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:01:38 -0700

Remember when Giggle got zombified by Len at Monster by Mail? Well, we liked how she turned out so much we got him to give all the Sugar ladies costumes. Can you guess who's who and what her costume is? Each site will have her costumed avatar up by noon, so you have plenty of time to guess. Check out each site at noon to find out if you were right! And click here if you'd like to check out Len's podcast.

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ferm Contest: Polka_Dot's Wall

CasaSugar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:54:47 -0700

In case you haven't heard yet, we're running a contest all month long for Dress Your Walls month, this time with the fabulous ferm LIVING, which is giving away a wall's worth of gorgeous wallpaper to one lucky reader. Check out this post to find out how to enter the contest.

Here is the next wall in need of some wallpaper rehabilitation.

To see what Polka_dot has to say about her wall, just read more

She writes:

"The Leaf pattern from collection 1 gets me straight through the heart....I long to create a romantic contemporary homage to my roots by installing this gorgeous wallpaper in my bedroom. My bedroom needs the most attention of all the rooms in my home. We have four young children, and as mommy and daddy's bedroom has been the crash pad for the whole gang for the last several years, I am ready to reclaim my own territory! I envision creating a sanctuary for my husband and I to retreat to and relax in and LOCK THE DOOR!"

While the contest will be judged by myself and the lovely Christiana Coop, ferm LIVING’s wallpaper expert, I'd love to hear your comments, too! We'll be posting contest entries for the next several weeks, and will announce the winner on the last day of the month. So join the group, send in your photos, and show us your walls!

Casa Craving Challenge: CasaSugar Logo

CasaSugar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:00:20 -0700

Every Thursday on CasaSugar, I'll give you a decorating challenge and ask you to go Casa Craving for items that fit the look. (Here's a post explaining what a Casa Craving is and how to create one.)

The latest Casa Craving Challenge is inspired by none other than yours truly. As you may know, I'm a huge fan of the CasaSugar logo (and no, I didn't design it). I think the colors are cute on clothes and other schwag, but also would work well for interiors.

So, in this Casa Craving Challenge, I'd like you to design a chic, peppy living room around this salmon and brown color palette. You can use other colors too, but these should be the dominant colors. If any of you artists out there want to create your own digital artwork for the challenge, go for it! I don't know the Pantone colors, but the web colors of the CasaSugar logo are #f16668 (salmon) and #894c20 (brown). What artwork, furniture, rugs, fabrics, and other accents would you use?

To help you get thinking, I've created my own list, which you can look at for inspiration. But, I want you to find your own products!

Tell me by creating Casa Cravings and tagging your Cravings with the phrase CasaSugar logo, and I'll feature the results next Wednesday, Oct. 31. Even better, you can create a list of your bookmarks; TeamSugar has a great tutorial on listmaking if you're not sure how. Please let me know if you have any questions. For a list of online home stores to try, read more

Amazon Home
Bed Bath & Beyond
CB2
Crate & Barrel
Design Within Reach
Gump's
Ikea
Jonathan Adler
Lekker Home
Linens and Things
Macy's Home
Pottery Barn
Restoration Hardware
Room & Board
Target
Urban Outfitters
Unica Home
West Elm
World Market

Source, Source, and Source

ferm Contest: QueenLizzy's Wall

CasaSugar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:00:02 -0700

Here is the next wall in need of some wallpaper rehabilitation.

To read what QueenLizzy has to say about her neglected bedroom wall, just read more

She writes:

This is a very empty wall, and could really use some ferm wallpaper to liven it up! We have had a case of the "spread-too-thins" and haven't gotten around to decorating the most important room in the house, our bedroom! Please help us make it pretty. The wall is 13 ft wide by 8 ft high.

Queen Lizzie has chosen this ferm LIVING wallpaper for her studio wall. While the contest will be judged by myself and the lovely Christiana Coop, ferm LIVING’s wallpaper expert, I'd love to hear your comments, too! We'll be posting contest entries for the next several weeks, and will announce the winner on the last day of the month. So join the group, send in your photos, and show us your walls!

ferm Contest: Wio's Wall

CasaSugar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:00:55 -0700

Here is the fourth wall in need of some wallpaper rehabilitation.

To see what Wio has to say about her wall, just read more

She writes:

We are in the last phase of building an organic add-on to our house. We DIY'd most of the structure ourselves, which took us about 2,5 years. Nearly finished now, there's just this one wall which we still aren't really satisfied with. This wall needs something which sort of "finishes" the space. I stumbled upon a blog post about this contest, so i thought to give it a try. I photoshopped a few of the patterns to see if they'd work on the wall. Most of the patterns didn't work (how much i loved the patterns themselves, in the context they just didn't seem to work). But then we tried this one, and it really fits the wall very well... The picture has a before and after montage.

Last Chance! The $5,000 west elm Sweepstakes Ends Sunday!

CasaSugar — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:00:17 -0700

Thanks to our very generous friends at west elm, we've launched CasaSugar in style with a fabulous $5,000 sweepstakes! If you haven't entered yet, be sure to create a wish list of your favorite west elm products soon, because our contest ends today, August 19!! All entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. PDT / 2:59 a.m. EDT.

By creating and saving a list of products worth $5,000, you'll be entered to win all of the items on it! You can view and edit your list here as much as you'd like between now and when the contest closes at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Please, only one entry per person. One grand prize winner (chosen at random) will receive all of his or her wish list items, and that west elm makeover will be featured on CasaSugar. In addition, we'll also randomly choose 100 second prize winners, who'll each receive $25 west elm gift certificates.

Wish List items are subject to availability, and the contest is only open to contestants who are 18 or over at the time of entry and who live in the 50 states or the District of Columbia. (Sorry, overseas readers!) For all of the sweepstakes rule and regulations, click here. To see all of the lists created so far, click here.

CasaSugar Stuff on ShopSugar!

CasaSugar — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:23:52 -0700

There are many things that excite me about CasaSugar, and one of them is the site's logo. I absolutely love the salmon and brown color palette. (It's okay for me to brag about it, since I didn't design it.) Anyway, I'm pleased to announce that the ShopSugar store on CafePress is now stocking CasaSugar gear!

There are tons of cute clothes (I particularly like the ringer tee) as well as lots of home-related goodies, like CasaSugar mugs, tote bags for eco-friendly shopping, aprons, and coasters. If you buy something, don't forget to share it in the Show Us Your Sugar group.

Congrats to the First 10 west elm Gift Card Winners!

CasaSugar — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:46:35 -0700

Thanks to our very generous friends at west elm, we're launching CasaSugar in style with a fabulous $5,000 sweepstakes! But before we announce the big winner on Aug. 19, we're also giving away $25 west elm gift cards to 100 randomly-chosen winners. (Don't worry: If you win a gift card, you're still eligible for the grand prize.) So please join me in congratulating our first batch of gift card winners!

To enter to win your own gift card or the grand prize, just create a wish list of your favorite west elm products worth up to $5,000. By creating and saving your list, you'll be entered to win all of the items on it! For all of the details on the contest, read more

You can view and edit your list here as much as you'd like between now and when the contest closes on August 19 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Please, only one entry per person. One grand prize winner (chosen at random) will receive all of his or her wish list items, and that west elm makeover will be featured on CasaSugar.